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Incremental authorization

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Use the IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder class to build an Intent for incremental authorization (auth). The incremental auth increases the authorized amount of a transaction to verify the cardholder has sufficient funds for the purchase.

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NOTE

Incremental authorizations are only available for:

  • Discover®, Mastercard®, and Visa® cards.
  • Merchant types—aircraft rentals, amusement parks, bicycle rentals, boat rentals, car rentals, cruise lines, drinking places, eating places, equipment rentals, lodgings, motor home rentals, motorcycle rentals, trailer parks/campgrounds, and truck rentals.

Prerequisites

Request fields

Additional fields for theIncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder class:

FieldDescription
amount: LongIncrement amount.
paymentId: StringPayment identifier of the pre-auth to increment.

Step

Build an incremental auth request.

Request example

val paymentId = payment.id // id of a preauth payment
val amount = 1200L // increment amount
val context = this
 
val builder = IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder(paymentId, amount)
val intent = builder.build(context)

String paymentId = payment.getId(); // id of a preauth payment
Long amount = 1200L; // increment amount
Context context = this;
 
IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder builder = new IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder(paymentId, amount);
Intent intent = builder.build(context);

Response

When the incremental auth flow completes, the response is available through onActivityResult().

  • For a successful request, retrieve the payment object using the Intent: IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.PAYMENT and the incremented amount. The new Payment object must display the incremented amount
  • For an unsuccessful request, retrieve the failure message using the Intent: IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.FAILURE_MESSAGE

Response example

fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
        if (requestCode == INCREMENTAL_AUTH_REQUEST_CODE) {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {                
                val payment: Payment = data.getParcelableExtra(IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.PAYMENT)            
            } else {
                // incremental auth failed, check for error
                val failureMessage = data.getStringExtra(IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.FAILURE_MESSAGE)
            }
        }
    }

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == INCREMENTAL_AUTH_REQUEST_CODE) {
      if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Payment payment = data.getParcelableExtra(IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.PAYMENT);
      } else {
        // incremental auth failed, check for error
        String failureMessage = data.getStringExtra(IncrementalAuthRequestIntentBuilder.Response.FAILURE_MESSAGE);
      }
    }
  }

Updated 4 days ago